Filing system.



No.'853,864. PATENTBD MAY 14, 1907. V

J. M. GORBOY.

FILING SYSTEM:

APPLICATION FILED A PR 12,1906.

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. Befit'known that 1,.JAMES M. CoRBoY,.aI citizen of the United States,. ;residin at Edge- .wood Park, in the county ofAllel v OFFICE my and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Im rovements in Filing Sysfiellowing is a specification,

reference being bad therein tothe accompanyfing drawings.

' My 'nvention comprlses an improved filing system for, papers, etc.- and it has for its obects to entirely eliminate the necessity of any of the usual indexes orother guides for the purpose offinding 'anypreviously sorted or located matter, thesys'tem involving the uselof a continuous series. of holding files adapted to contain all oft'he papers com prised in each separate 'iece .0 business or transaction, .fso arrange and located with reference to each-other, and within the controlling limitations of the system, that each particular file may be readily located.

In addition to the elimination of any extra'index'guide or other device intended to locate". the articular file, each file in itself provides a] of the necessary data and information as to entries; etc. as well as the infiles. the drawers or file-ho 'view of oneof the individual closed contents of the file, whileembodying in itself the features and elements which co- 0 erate with the entire system, -comprising all of the files, for the objects in view.

Referring to the drawings :Figure 1-iS a view in front elevation of a complete cabinet of drawers comprising my entire system of Fig. 2. is a perspective view of one of v ding boxes, illustrating the use of the system. es showing the marginal index letters and illustratin the manner in which the face of the file is utilized for making inscriptions, notations, etc. In carryih out my invention I employwhat I callt e vowel and consonant system and have devised a division of the alphabet whereby, as nearly as ossible, an average number of files Will be coated in each separate drawer or compartment of the cabinet, each of said drawers or compartments being adapted to contain all of the files of the system within the limitations of certain predetermined vowels and consonants, occurrin in the name by which thefil'e is identi fie The system is entirely independent of the initial letter of the name and is deslgned to assemble all names controlled, -for instance Specification Letters Patent. I Applieaticn filed April 12,1906. Serial n. 311,340.

shown in Fig. 2.

3. is a similar.

' Patented May 14, 1907.

by the second and third lettersof the name,

each file itself being rovided with a marginal J 1 row ofthe' letters of t e alphabet withwhi'ch is incorporated an attachable tabfor'facilitating the finding of the particular name'sought for.

An especial advantage" of my improved system is that each file isset uponedge so as j to expose its particular tab to View wlthout' the necessity of moving any of the other files. j Various other features of advantage and improvement will be more fully hereinafter described.

Referring now to the drawings, 2 repre-. sents the filing cabinet of any suitable construction in which are arranged a series of drawers or compartments 3, more clearly a size to receive the series of files as shown in Fig. 3 and adapted to contain all of the con---- Each drawer is of suitable I tents, as for instance correspondence, mem0-.

- randa, etc. of the business identifiedby the I name oft'he party,'as the name John Logan. Each particular folder or file is provided comprising all of the letters of the alphabet along its upper front edge with initial letters f from A to Z, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and for the purpose of identifying the particular name in any of the several series of files I employ aniattachable tab 4 which is pasted upon the file at its u per-edge corresponding.

with the particular etter, as the letter L in the example used. 4 Under the vowel and consonant-system which I have devised the location of each particular file will not be controlled by the initial letter L but by the second and third letters '0, G, and in searching for such file it will be found in that drawer or compartment in which the range'of letters wou drawerbeing the third drawer'to the right in the third row from the to identified by the letters 0A to O L. Li ewise, all files in 'which the name, (whatever it-may beirre- (1 include such a combination, said spective to its initial'lette'r,) contains a sec- 0nd and third letter falling within this arbirange, will correspondingly be found in i trary the same compartment.

This feature ofithe invention is'clearly illu strated in 2 of the drawings, and it will be seen that the proper compartment having been selected and the name being'searched for in itsproper position with relation to the initial letter, it may be at once readily lo- IIO cated and removed. The reason'for this is that the various files are so thoroughly mixed with regard to the initial letter, that any particular initial letter sought for in its particular place will be readily found without confusion with other conflicting or similar names, or with a large class of names commencing with the same initial.

The exterior of the folder is employed, as shown, for the making of indorsements, notes, memoranda or entries ofany suitable kind, and it will be understood that any desired arrangement of spaces. or blanks may be em loyed to'suit the particular business.

he advantages of the system will be readily understood and appreciated by all those accustomed to the keeping of accounts in files; it may be employed-either with or without additional calendar or other intervening files; it entirely obviates the necessity of any preliminary index; and results in an even distribution of the file folders due to the particular combinations of the 'vowels and consonants employed. This latter feature is the result of several years experience in the keeping of records by files and will be found to be approximately correct as to the distribution 0 the subject matter in any predetermined space, based on the law of average of names.

While the arrangement and distribution of vowels and consonants as shown will be found entirely practicable. and satisfactory for a sixteen drawer file, it will be understood that the system may be condensed into any less number or expanded into a greater number, care ratio. Thus for instance, in an eight drawer system the range for the first drawer would be AA to ARZ. In a four drawer system the range for the first drawer would be AA to EE.

Likewise in a thirty two drawer system the inclusive range of the first and second drawers I would be to AM, the first drawer including A A'to AG and thesecond including AH being taken to observe the proper to AM respectively. Other proportional arrangements or divisions may be made to suit different requirements or circumstances.

Having described my invention, what I claim is. V

1. An im roved filing system comprising a plurality. of compartments characterized by predetermined vowel and consonant limit identifications with relation to the consecutive letters of a word or name independent of its initial letter, and a series of files having name identifying devices in definite ositions with relation to the initial letter 0 the word or name, substantially as set forth.

2. An improved filing system comprisin a plurality of compartments characterized y predetermined vowel and consonant limit identifications with relation to the consecutive letters of a word or name independent of its initial letter, and a series of files each having a series of initial letters adapted to co-operate with an identifying name device, su stantially as set forth.

3. An improved filing system comprising a plurality of compartments identified'by redetermined vowel and consonant limit i entifications, and a series of fileseach provided with series of initial letters, and name devices a propriately attached thereto, substantial y as setforth.

4. A double filing folder having its upper edge provided with series of initial letters, a

name device appropriately attached thereto, 1

'and having its face provided with suitable data for entries, etc., substantially as set forth.

Witnesses:

CHAS. S. LEPLEY, O. M. CLARKE. 

